The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
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The table below shows the 2003 WTA Tour schedule.
| Week of | Event | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 3 November | 2003 WTA Tour Championships Year-end Championship $3,000,000 - Hard - 8S (Round Robin)/4D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw |
6–2, 6–0 |
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6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
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| Volvo Women’s Open Tier V event $110,000 - Hard - 32S/28Q/16D Singles Draw - Doubles Draw |
6–4, 6–2 |
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6–4, 6–3 |
France defeated United States 4-1 in the Fed Cup final. Below is the full World Group draw and results:
| First round 26-27 April |
Quarterfinals 19-20 July |
Semifinals 19-20 November |
Final 22-23 November |
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| Linköping, Sweden (indoor hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Below are the 2003 WTA year-end rankings:
| No | Player Name | Nation | Points | 2002 | Change |
| 1 | Justine Henin-Hardenne | 6,628 | 5 | +4 | |
| 2 | Kim Clijsters | 6,553 | 4 | +2 | |
| 3 | Serena Williams | 3,916 | 1 | -2 | |
| 4 | Amélie Mauresmo | 3,194 | 6 | +2 | |
| 5 | Lindsay Davenport | 2,990 | 12 | +7 | |
| 6 | Jennifer Capriati | 2,766 | 3 | -3 | |
| 7 | Anastasia Myskina | 2,581 | 11 | +4 | |
| 8 | Elena Dementieva | 2,383 | 19 | +11 | |
| 9 | Chanda Rubin | 2,328 | 13 | +4 | |
| 10 | Ai Sugiyama | 2,235 | 24 | +14 | |
| 11 | Venus Williams | 2,211 | 2 | -9 | |
| 12 | Nadia Petrova | 1,994 | 111 | +99 | |
| 13 | Vera Zvonareva | 1,808 | 45 | +32 | |
| 14 | Paola Suárez | 1,526 | 27 | +13 | |
| 15 | Jelena Dokić | 1,405 | 9 | -6 | |
| 16 | Anna Pistolesi | 1,353 | 16 | = | |
| 17 | Meghann Shaughnessy | 1,350 | 30 | +13 | |
| 18 | Conchita Martínez | 1,316 | 34 | +16 | |
| 19 | Daniela Hantuchová | 1,271 | 8 | -11 | |
| 20 | Francesca Schiavone | 1,265 | 41 | +21 |
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation:
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